USAC driver Dave Steele was named to drive a second Panther Racing entry
at the Lone Star 500 on Sept. 20 at Texas Motor Speedway. Steele will
drive alongside teammate Scott Goodyear in the Pennzoil sponsored No. 43 G
Force Aurora. Associate sponsorship will come from Manheim's Fort Worth
Auto Auction. Steele tested with another team earlier this season at Texas
Motor Speedway but had his session cut short due to extremely cold
weather.

Heavyweight champion Evander Holyfield was the honorary starter of the
inaugural Pep Boys IRL race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Prior to the race
the champ visited with 1998 Indy 500 champion Eddie Cheever. Holyfield had
a chance to sit in Cheever's backup car, making the tight squeeze into the
cockpit after the seat had been removed.

Tom Kelley announced his driver lineup at Kelley Racing through the year
2000, adding, "This is to put an end to all the rumors." Both of Kelley's
present drivers, Mark Dismore and Scott Sharp have signed to drive for
Kelley for the next two seasons.

Larry and LeeAnne Nash of LP Racing intend to run a second car at Las
Vegas Motor Speedway on October 11. Scott Harrington is expected to
be named as the teammate to Sam Schmidt for the season finale.

Just prior to taking to the track for the pole qualifying run at Pikes
Peak, Billy Boat's crew taped over all the unnecessary inlets on the car,
lowering the car's coefficient of drag by a fraction of a fraction. This
week, most of the cars in the qualifying line had done the same thing,
including the car belonging to the owner that barked, "I don't think that
really helps," at PPIR.

Bradley Motorsports switched to a Dallara chassis for driver Buzz Calkins
this weekend. The team will keep their two G Force chassis. "Jeff Braun,
our new engineer, acquired a great deal of experience with the Dallara
during his tenure with Team Scandia," said team owner Brad Calkins.
"I also want to emphasize that we have not lost confidence in G Force.
However, we will evaluate both chassis after this race relative to the
Texas and Las Vegas rounds."

Steve Knapp driver of the No. 18 Earl's Performance Products G Force,
entered by PDM Racing, was hard at work at AMS long before any of the IRL
crews arrived at the track. Twelve hours before he was to take the green
flag in the Atlanta Classic 500, Steve was in the F2000 paddock working on
John Miller's engine. Knapp's company, Elite Engines, supplies engines to
several teams in the F2000 series.

Pagan Racing's new driver, Stevie Reeves, became a spectator at Atlanta
when the team withdrew their entry on Thursday. Reeves was put to work
during the race spotting for the No. 44 Sinden Racing Services entry
driven by J.J. Yeley. Reeves finished 10th in his IRL debut at Charlotte.
A broken CV joint late in the race cost Reeves a seventh place finish.

Jimmy Kite, of Stockbridge, GA., was an interested spectator at Atlanta
Motor Speedway over the weekend. Jimmy had a seat in one of the speedway's
luxury suites, yet he still couldn't hide his disappointment over not
being a bit closer to the track.

David Donohue was another interested spectator at Atlanta. Donohue has been
racing sports cars in Europe this year as well as done some testing
in a NASCAR Craftsman truck for Pac West.

Brian Tyler has signed with Team Pelfrey for the remaining races in the
1998 Pep Boys IRL series. "We are using 1998 as a year of learning," said
Dale Pelfrey, "and we plan to run the full IRL schedule in 1999." John
Paul led thirty-nine laps at the Indy 500 in the team's first outing.

Thermo Tech Technologies Inc., a Canadian company, announced a multiyear
sponsorship of ISM Racing and driver Jeff Ward. Thermo Tech is in the
organic waste reclamation business, converting wet organic waste into
pasteurized and marketable end products. The company has recently entered
into the American market with offices in Atlanta.

John Paul Jr. is the only active Pep Boys IRL driver to have competed
in an open-wheel race at Atlanta Motor Speedway. Paul finished third
in the CART race in 1983 at AMS, his first career start on an oval.